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1. Aria acoustic guitar serial numbers serial numbers#
2. Aria acoustic guitar serial numbers serial number#

The serial number suggests built in the Samick plant, Korea in 1994 or possibly 2004. I ve had a 38 Triumph for 35 years, and no Epiphone by Gibson can touch. It has a beautiful, warm tone, but still has clear definition of individual notes. I have a very nice Aria classical model HFA587, serial 449, that was MatsumoKU is a company that was involved in the production of Aria (Pro II) guitars. (Ryoji Matsuoka, Luthier, Construccion Artistica De Guitarras, Nagoya Japon) The style of the matsuoka labels changed slightly in the mid to late 70s, becoming a bit more flamboyant and dropping the 'Nagoya'. The label is of the style used in the early 70s.

Aria guitars manufactured in the 1980s typically only used the first digit of the serial number to denote the date. For example, a serial number that begins in 77 was likely manufactured in 1977. Aria guitars manufactured in the 1970s typically feature a serial number with the first two digits of the manufacture year. Several different schemes have been used for serialization.

Aria acoustic guitar serial numbers serial numbers#

There is a skunk stripe on the back of the neck covering the truss rod, and the fretboard and bridge are made of rosewood. Once located, the serial number offers clues as to when the guitar was manufactured, and the first few digits are especially important, as the numbers changed over a few decades. Aria started using serial numbers in the mid-1970s, and models before this have no serial number. The outside is an attractive zebra wood that has been bookmatched. (A light wood, possibly maple, spruce, or maybe cypress can be seen on the inside of the sides, and rosewood on the inside of the back. Possibly though, as given the lack of serial number on the neck block (which seems to have come in around 1974) and the lack of number on the label that was in place in at least 1972, and possibly earlier, a 17k price tag may have been enough to justify a solid top then, and my belief is that this guitar is likely to have been made around 1970 or possibly before. The number 17 presumably also reflects this, but unusually this guitar unquestionably has a solid top(I believe cedar), which you wouldn't necessarily expect if the cost was 17,000 Yen.

With the M Series the number of guitar reflects the price (M20 costing 20,000 yen for example). When dating these guitars only ballpark ranges is possible. Serial numbers on these guitars were arbitrary numbers and did not indicate date of manufacture. This guitar pre-dates the popular 'M' Series' of Matsuoka guitars. After Arai joined forces with Matsumoku, the serial numbers began to have some bearing on the guitars production year and rank in production sequence. The guitar pictured above is a Ryoji Matsuoka No.